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Trekking with Your Trailer Mouth Parrot in an RV

e-trekker
Explorer
Explorer
Any suggestions on creating a space in a class
B RV for a very talkative parrot? He's a hahn's
macaw ... hyperactive .. about 15 years old ...

Has a vocabulary that would make a church lady blush!
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magnusfide
Explorer II
Explorer II
countdevio wrote:
Any suggestions on creating a space in a class
B RV for a very talkative parrot? He's a hahn's
macaw ... hyperactive .. about 15 years old ...

Has a vocabulary that would make a church lady blush!

We would cover the cage with a very thick dark cloth to keep any light out and to make the bird think night had fallen. It worked well.
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Magnus

rockhillmanor
Explorer
Explorer
countdevio wrote:
Any suggestions on creating a space in a class
B RV for a very talkative parrot? He's a hahn's
macaw ... hyperactive .. about 15 years old ...

Has a vocabulary that would make a church lady blush!


Hmmmmm, how long have you owned him?
WHO did he learn that type of language from? :W:B

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

toedtoes
Explorer III
Explorer III
I have a Mexican red headed amazon who camps in my class C (21ft). I have a poquito avian hotel that I have strapped to the back half of the dinette table. Dog-bird (his screen name) goes from the house to the RV and back in a regular plastic carrier, but he travels in the RV in the poquito. It works great. From his spot at the table, he can see out both side windows and the windshield.

I have found that he is much happier (and hence less likely to screech and shriek) if he can see out during the drive. I'm not sure if you could find a spot in the B for the cage to sit high enough. If not, you might try one of those plexiglass carriers for the actual road trip and then set up a cage when you are stopped.

Dog-bird is at least 33 years old now (I've had him for 3). When I got him, he only knew how to say "hello". THAT was annoying! Now he has learned how to say "shut up!" (don't know where he learned that from ๐Ÿ™‚ ) I don't bring him outside very often (usually only at a rally when folks want to visit with him), but as long as he can see outside, he is happy with the arrangements.

Oh, and while he doesn't have a large vocabulary, he does "call out" to his dogs... A nice steady loud squawk over and over until the two dogs start howling like there's a fire engine going by. Then he laughs. Fortunately, people think it's cute when they go by and hear it...
1975 American Clipper RV with Dodge 360 (photo in profile)
1998 American Clipper Fold n Roll Folding Trailer
Both born in Morgan Hill, CA to Irv Perch (Daddy of the Aristocrat trailers)

gbopp
Explorer
Explorer
Mmwtdh wrote:
I dated a girl one time that had one of those birds.

That obnoxious thing would never shut up.

On the other hand, the bird was pretty cool...


:B :B :B

Mmwtdh
Explorer
Explorer
I dated a girl one time that had one of those birds.

That obnoxious thing would never shut up.

On the other hand, the bird was pretty cool...

chrisnpat
Explorer
Explorer
:B No suggestions but I remember my kids baby sitters parents had a bird like that. Language got so bad I didn't allow her to take my kids

home with her any more.
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